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Bouchers Wine and Gourmet Food Centre, Albert Street, Greymouth, 1983.
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DescriptionBouchers Wine and Gourmet Food Centre, Albert Street, Greymouth, 1983. Hardwicke Knight photographer. Copied from slide.Date of Photo1983Map[1] ContributorDave Murray
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Location (city or town)GreymouthLandmark (Place)Bouchers Wine and Gourmet Food Centre, Albert Street, Greymouth
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Date Created3rd January 2021CommentsRebecca Palmer
It certainly is, albert street.. now where the op shop is
Dave Murray
Rebecca Palmer Thank you! I've edited the caption.
Julie Ann White
Yes Albert Street Greymouth
Dave Murray
Julie Ann White Thank you! Have edited the caption.
Natasha Armstrong
I think that was Albert St in Greymouth?
Dave Murray
Thank you.
Laura Mills Detlaff
Wendy Bruce
Original Bouchers was on Mawhera Quay - worked there my 1st job after leaving school.
Lynn Mc Queen
In the early 60s there was a Deli that made amazing pork pies..
While working over the road at Tip Top Ice Cream I saw a man come out with his very hot pie..took a mouthful his teeth came out & dropped to the gutter..he looked up & down the road bent down & put his teeth back in.
He was sooo embarrassed when he heard me laughing..
Such a memory I will never forget
Heather Newby
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Lynn Mc Queen ha ha ha.. poor guy
Amanda Pike
Loved going there with Aunty Eil every Saturday for their flagon of Sherry. He always gave us yummy lollies.
Heather Gaulter
Agree Lynn ..the best
Tracy Piner Mahon
Omg remember that so well Sian bertacco
Lynn Mc Queen
Tracy yes thats right...there pies were small & round but sooo good
And those gutters were really deep
Fiona Bisphan
Kerry Messervy Sandra Wylie remember Mum and Dad filling their sherry jar here.
Kerry Messervy
Fiona Bisphan yes, memories that had been forgotten.
Doreen Wallis
What an amazing wee store it was
Helen Fielding
Gary Boucher
Joscelyn Clarey
Yes it was
Glenda McMinn-South
May Boucher Errol Boucher
Deb Griffiths
Cant remember the bottle on top,never looked up,lol
Joel Murdoch
Great photo. Anyone have any idea when this place closed? For some reason this is triggering memories in me, but I was three at the time this photo was taken...
Andrea Fensom
Marilyn Coley
Selina N Troy Fensom Karla Berkett
Karla Berkett
Andrea Fensom that’s cool
Andrea Fensom
That's nana's father's shop Karla Berkett . We went there a few times
Karla Berkett
Andrea Fensom yes I figured that lol
Andrea Fensom
Karla Berkett
Jim Conaghan
My memories of Vouchers go back to the late 1940's when George and Bill had the store. In the very early 1950's the staff I remember were George, Bill, my brother Tony Conaghan, Frank Newsome, Bill Moore another chap from Cobden. I remember Bill telling me they had import licences and used to bring in China from England and spiritual liquor. I think Bill took that licence around to Albert Street. The Bouchers were good people who carried a lot of Coasters in hard times
Marilyn Coley
Dad closed the shop as he had heart problems plus the supermarket came along selling wines Marilyn Coley Boucher
Mike Keenan
The Hokitika Squash club had a fund raising event --a wine and cheese night and we purchased all the wine from the Boucher's shop on a sale and return basic's in the 1970's ----it was a huge night and no wine returned. The Boucher's were great to deal with honest as the days long
Barry Dawson Smithson
They gave our church our Altar wine free of charge.
Rebecca Reinheimer
Trish Rennie many times I heard stories from Angela about working here
Stephen Tvrdeic
Bill Boucher was a gentleman of the old school.
Kim Blanchfield
I Remember goin here with my mum to buy her sherry lol
Heather Newby
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Kim Blanchfield and the sherry was in flagons
Kim Blanchfield
Heather Newby yupMurray Brown
I see Errol Boucher a couple of times a week these days.
Bloody good bugger.
Still ticking over nicely
Marlene Jackson Perry
I can vaguely remember my uncle Bill (Willy) Moore working there, before opening up his own store in Bright St Cobden.
Such a wonderful person, taken too soon in that car accident.
RIP Uncle Willy.
Stephen Tvrdeic
Marlene Jackson Perry Bill Moore, Ken’s father, Four Square, on Bright Street, remembered by my generation.
Trish Rennie
Marlene Jackson Perry Bill Moore was a wonderful man….especially good to my family when our father was extremely ill many moons ago. My hubby was one of first on the scene of his car accident at South Beach ….I remember Mrs Moore had beautiful dark red velvet drapes in her lounge behind the shop in Bright st….a lovely lady too….
Ivy Parkyway
Rae Amad great memories at Bouchers
Rae Amad
Ivy Parkyway oh definitely. Especially the old shop where I worked.. remember the icy cold wind blowing down Mawhera Quay and our Friday night dinner break at the Chevron . Good old days they were. Xx
Mark Boucher
Grandad’s store. I remember lifting stock there during floods before the wall was built. Bill was a lovely chap.
Terry MJ
Yes, uncle Willie was there for many years at Bouchers store. This is the later store sis as their original one was in Mahwera Quay.
Marlene Jackson Perry
Terry MJ I realized this, seeing the comments, but couldn't remember the position of the 'original' store when I made my comment, but I seemed to remember that it was opposite the warf! Xx
Carolyn Luck
Bill Boucher was such a lovely man.
A very community minded man involved in many things.
He was in The Savage Club with my Dad.
Percy Billett
Mc Nultys old type righting shop
Alan Beck
Team! If there was an item not stocked to finish an order, one nipped over to Errol's to buy it. It would have been Keating's, but they were sardonic.
Tracy Piner Mahon
Sian Bertacco, remember Friday nights!
Sian Bertacco
Tracy Piner Mahon Yes I do as soon as I seen this I thought of us back then
Ann Christie
Was a great shop. Would be lovely to have another like it.
Lyle Francis Kitchin
Dad used to go there for salami and wine etc
Mr Bouncher was a kind man
Marilyn Coley
Yes I am very proud of my father he always gave a child a lollies from the box he would have special for them in the shop Marilyn Boucher Coley
Annie Van Looy
Loved that. Store
Helen Joan Forrest
That brings back memories
Laurie Anisy
The Bouchers always run great stores.The one on Mawhera Quay was always spotless and had great aromas.
Trish Rennie
I remember that store…the late Angela Tvrdeic worked there…often relayed to us funny little anecdotes of her days working there…working with people that she had much respect for…♥️
Carolyn Luck
Bill Boucher was a lovely man.
He was also a great singer and very involved in Greymouth Savage Club.
James Hume
Bill bourcher wine shop a real gentleman and good singer
Barry Dawson Smithson
He gave us our Altar wine and never charge us.
Jim Stringleman
Bill gave lots away, painted his house once to raise money for cobden cricket club, with bruce tones, it was so big it took us a long time!!
Donna Mackett
Gosh I remember that shop, always got a laugh and good banter from Bill
Rob Lunn
Not to mention that he was a Greymouth firefighter and a bloody hard case along with some of his contemporaries!!????
PJ Spence
Sadly, they lost Bill on the operating table in ChCh - Bill and son Errol ran this shop, nice family - -
Glenda O'Donnell
Yes i remember them
Annie Van Looy
Remember Errol back in the day nice bloke ?
Malcolm Lutton
went to grey tec with errol
Grant Richardson
Awsome back in the day.
Percy Billett
Worked there when it was a typewriter shop.
Mark Boucher
Remember helping grandad and my uncle lift stock there and pull carpets out during a flood in the late 80s before the river wall was built. Grandad had a floor safe in the back in his office for the weekend takings which was completely submerged. He pulled a great wodge of wet notes out of it and told me not to worry, he was money laundering ?.
Raewyn Taylor
Yes I remember Eric and ....
Neroli Anne Nolan
I loved that shop ... so full of all the good things. They also had had the Mini Market on Mackay Street, Great service, do your shopping at lunch time and they delivered as you were arriving home from work.
Kevin O'Regan
I remember that. Not as a customer though.
Gordon Dixon
Went to that shop a lot back in the day Bill was a real gentleman and staff were great also
It certainly is, albert street.. now where the op shop is
Dave Murray
Rebecca Palmer Thank you! I've edited the caption.
Julie Ann White
Yes Albert Street Greymouth
Dave Murray
Julie Ann White Thank you! Have edited the caption.
Natasha Armstrong
I think that was Albert St in Greymouth?
Dave Murray
Thank you.
Laura Mills Detlaff
Wendy Bruce
Original Bouchers was on Mawhera Quay - worked there my 1st job after leaving school.
Lynn Mc Queen
In the early 60s there was a Deli that made amazing pork pies..
While working over the road at Tip Top Ice Cream I saw a man come out with his very hot pie..took a mouthful his teeth came out & dropped to the gutter..he looked up & down the road bent down & put his teeth back in.
He was sooo embarrassed when he heard me laughing..
Such a memory I will never forget
Heather Newby
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Lynn Mc Queen ha ha ha.. poor guy
Amanda Pike
Loved going there with Aunty Eil every Saturday for their flagon of Sherry. He always gave us yummy lollies.
Heather Gaulter
Agree Lynn ..the best
Tracy Piner Mahon
Omg remember that so well Sian bertacco
Lynn Mc Queen
Tracy yes thats right...there pies were small & round but sooo good
And those gutters were really deep
Fiona Bisphan
Kerry Messervy Sandra Wylie remember Mum and Dad filling their sherry jar here.
Kerry Messervy
Fiona Bisphan yes, memories that had been forgotten.
Doreen Wallis
What an amazing wee store it was
Helen Fielding
Gary Boucher
Joscelyn Clarey
Yes it was
Glenda McMinn-South
May Boucher Errol Boucher
Deb Griffiths
Cant remember the bottle on top,never looked up,lol
Joel Murdoch
Great photo. Anyone have any idea when this place closed? For some reason this is triggering memories in me, but I was three at the time this photo was taken...
Andrea Fensom
Marilyn Coley
Selina N Troy Fensom Karla Berkett
Karla Berkett
Andrea Fensom that’s cool
Andrea Fensom
That's nana's father's shop Karla Berkett . We went there a few times
Karla Berkett
Andrea Fensom yes I figured that lol
Andrea Fensom
Karla Berkett
Jim Conaghan
My memories of Vouchers go back to the late 1940's when George and Bill had the store. In the very early 1950's the staff I remember were George, Bill, my brother Tony Conaghan, Frank Newsome, Bill Moore another chap from Cobden. I remember Bill telling me they had import licences and used to bring in China from England and spiritual liquor. I think Bill took that licence around to Albert Street. The Bouchers were good people who carried a lot of Coasters in hard times
Marilyn Coley
Dad closed the shop as he had heart problems plus the supermarket came along selling wines Marilyn Coley Boucher
Mike Keenan
The Hokitika Squash club had a fund raising event --a wine and cheese night and we purchased all the wine from the Boucher's shop on a sale and return basic's in the 1970's ----it was a huge night and no wine returned. The Boucher's were great to deal with honest as the days long
Barry Dawson Smithson
They gave our church our Altar wine free of charge.
Rebecca Reinheimer
Trish Rennie many times I heard stories from Angela about working here
Stephen Tvrdeic
Bill Boucher was a gentleman of the old school.
Kim Blanchfield
I Remember goin here with my mum to buy her sherry lol
Heather Newby
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Admin
Kim Blanchfield and the sherry was in flagons
Kim Blanchfield
Heather Newby yupMurray Brown
I see Errol Boucher a couple of times a week these days.
Bloody good bugger.
Still ticking over nicely
Marlene Jackson Perry
I can vaguely remember my uncle Bill (Willy) Moore working there, before opening up his own store in Bright St Cobden.
Such a wonderful person, taken too soon in that car accident.
RIP Uncle Willy.
Stephen Tvrdeic
Marlene Jackson Perry Bill Moore, Ken’s father, Four Square, on Bright Street, remembered by my generation.
Trish Rennie
Marlene Jackson Perry Bill Moore was a wonderful man….especially good to my family when our father was extremely ill many moons ago. My hubby was one of first on the scene of his car accident at South Beach ….I remember Mrs Moore had beautiful dark red velvet drapes in her lounge behind the shop in Bright st….a lovely lady too….
Ivy Parkyway
Rae Amad great memories at Bouchers
Rae Amad
Ivy Parkyway oh definitely. Especially the old shop where I worked.. remember the icy cold wind blowing down Mawhera Quay and our Friday night dinner break at the Chevron . Good old days they were. Xx
Mark Boucher
Grandad’s store. I remember lifting stock there during floods before the wall was built. Bill was a lovely chap.
Terry MJ
Yes, uncle Willie was there for many years at Bouchers store. This is the later store sis as their original one was in Mahwera Quay.
Marlene Jackson Perry
Terry MJ I realized this, seeing the comments, but couldn't remember the position of the 'original' store when I made my comment, but I seemed to remember that it was opposite the warf! Xx
Carolyn Luck
Bill Boucher was such a lovely man.
A very community minded man involved in many things.
He was in The Savage Club with my Dad.
Percy Billett
Mc Nultys old type righting shop
Alan Beck
Team! If there was an item not stocked to finish an order, one nipped over to Errol's to buy it. It would have been Keating's, but they were sardonic.
Tracy Piner Mahon
Sian Bertacco, remember Friday nights!
Sian Bertacco
Tracy Piner Mahon Yes I do as soon as I seen this I thought of us back then
Ann Christie
Was a great shop. Would be lovely to have another like it.
Lyle Francis Kitchin
Dad used to go there for salami and wine etc
Mr Bouncher was a kind man
Marilyn Coley
Yes I am very proud of my father he always gave a child a lollies from the box he would have special for them in the shop Marilyn Boucher Coley
Annie Van Looy
Loved that. Store
Helen Joan Forrest
That brings back memories
Laurie Anisy
The Bouchers always run great stores.The one on Mawhera Quay was always spotless and had great aromas.
Trish Rennie
I remember that store…the late Angela Tvrdeic worked there…often relayed to us funny little anecdotes of her days working there…working with people that she had much respect for…♥️
Carolyn Luck
Bill Boucher was a lovely man.
He was also a great singer and very involved in Greymouth Savage Club.
James Hume
Bill bourcher wine shop a real gentleman and good singer
Barry Dawson Smithson
He gave us our Altar wine and never charge us.
Jim Stringleman
Bill gave lots away, painted his house once to raise money for cobden cricket club, with bruce tones, it was so big it took us a long time!!
Donna Mackett
Gosh I remember that shop, always got a laugh and good banter from Bill
Rob Lunn
Not to mention that he was a Greymouth firefighter and a bloody hard case along with some of his contemporaries!!????
PJ Spence
Sadly, they lost Bill on the operating table in ChCh - Bill and son Errol ran this shop, nice family - -
Glenda O'Donnell
Yes i remember them
Annie Van Looy
Remember Errol back in the day nice bloke ?
Malcolm Lutton
went to grey tec with errol
Grant Richardson
Awsome back in the day.
Percy Billett
Worked there when it was a typewriter shop.
Mark Boucher
Remember helping grandad and my uncle lift stock there and pull carpets out during a flood in the late 80s before the river wall was built. Grandad had a floor safe in the back in his office for the weekend takings which was completely submerged. He pulled a great wodge of wet notes out of it and told me not to worry, he was money laundering ?.
Raewyn Taylor
Yes I remember Eric and ....
Neroli Anne Nolan
I loved that shop ... so full of all the good things. They also had had the Mini Market on Mackay Street, Great service, do your shopping at lunch time and they delivered as you were arriving home from work.
Kevin O'Regan
I remember that. Not as a customer though.
Gordon Dixon
Went to that shop a lot back in the day Bill was a real gentleman and staff were great also
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